The Jet fighters Nicaragua never got

This picture was taken by me at Havana's Museo del Aire last May of a Czechoslovakian made L-39 of the Cuban Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria (FAR). In the 1980's, the Nicaraguan EPS was supposed to become equipped with Eastern Bloc jets, however, they never arrived in Nicaragua.

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All the time there were persistent rumours that Nicaragua was short of receiving MiG-21 fighters from Cuba or the USSR. In the event, this never happened, even if Libya attempted to deliver jet fighters. After one of the three Libyan Arab Republic Air Force (LARAF) Ilushin IL-76 transports experienced problems while crossing the Atlantic, the whole formation (three IL-76's and one C-130) landed in Manaus, Brazil, on 21 April 1983. While their cargo was officially declared as medical supplies, they were carrying the first of 17 Aero L-39 Albatross jets destined for FAS, together with arms and parachutes. According to FAS Colonel Ricardo Wheelock Roman, the Sandinista Command had no previous knowledge of this shipment, but the Brazilians decided to impound the cargo before allowing the cargo aircraft to return to Libya.